Political Security Directorate (PSD, ar, إدارة الأمن السياسي, ''Idarat al-Amn al-Siyasi'') is an intelligence service of the
Syrian government. It is divided into an Internal Security Department and an External Security Department.
Intelligence division is affiliated to the
Ministry of Interior
An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs.
Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
* Ministry ...
. It is active against the
Syrian opposition. It monitors political dissent and all media outlets.
This intelligence service has been headed by Major General Ghaith Shafeeq Deeb since February 5, 2021.
Heads of Political Security Directorate
* Ahmad Sa'id Salih (past - 1987)
*
Adnan Badr Hassan
Adnan Badr Hassan ( ar, عدنان بدر حسن) is a retired Syrian major general, politician and the former chief of Syria's political security directorate.
Background
Hassan hails from Alawite family from Al Mukharram, Homs governorate. He ...
(1987–2002)
*
Ghazi Kanaan
Ghazi Kanaan ( ar, غازي كنعان; 1942 – 12 October 2005), also known as Abu Yo'roub, was Syria's interior minister from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon. His violent death during an investigati ...
(2002–2004)
* Muhammad Mansoura (2004–2009)
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Mohammed Dib Zaitoun
Mohammed Dib Zaitoun ( ar, محمد ديب زيتون; born 20 February 1951) is a former head of the Syrian General Security Directorate and a close adviser of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He is one of many officials sanctioned by the Eur ...
(2009 – July 2012)
*
Rustum Ghazali
Rustum Ghazaleh ( ar, رستم غزالة) also transl. from Arabic as Rostom Ghazale, Rustom Ghazalah, Rustom Ghazali; (3 May 1953 – 24 April 2015) was a Syrian military and intelligence officer.
Early life
Ghazaleh was born into a Sunni Musli ...
(July 2012 – April 2015)
:*Head of Investigative branch: Brig. Gen. Makhmoud al-Khattib (2011).
:*Head of Operations branch: Brig. Gen. Mohamed Heikmat Ibrahim (2011).
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* Nasser Ali (April 2015–2017)
* ]Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun
Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun ( ar, مُحَمَّد خَالِد الرَّحْمُون, born 1957) is a former military commander, the current Syrian Minister of the Interior.
See also
*Cabinet of Syria
*Law enforcement in Syria
Law enforcemen ...
(2017–November 2018)
Regional Heads of Political Security Directorate
*Daraa
Daraa ( ar, دَرْعَا, Darʿā, Levantine Arabic: , also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera'a, Dera, Derʿā and Edrei; means "''fortress''", compare Dura-Europos) is a city in southwestern Syria, located about north of the border with Jord ...
branch: Atef Najib (2011), the European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
sanctioned him for "being responsible for the violence against protesters in Daraa during the Syrian uprising".[
]
Other Syrian intelligence agencies
* General Security Directorate
* Military Intelligence Directorate
*Air Force Intelligence Directorate
The Air Force Intelligence Directorate ( ar, إدارة المخابرات الجوية, ''Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiyya'') is an intelligence service of Syria, possibly the country's most powerful, owing its importance to Hafez al-Assad's role ...
References
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